Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007 / prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration of the U.S. House of Representatives ... by the Office of History and Preservation, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration

United States. Congress. House. Office of History and Preservation

Series:

House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 108-224.

House document ; 108-224

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress--Biography.

United States.

United States. Congress.

African American legislators--Biography.

African American legislators.

Genre:

legislative records.

Legislative materials

Biographies.

Legislative materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 803 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008.

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Summary:

From the publisher: Provides a comprehensive history of the more than 120 African Americans who have served in the United States Congress. Written for a general audience, this book contains a profile of each African-American Member, including notables such as Hiram Revels, Joseph Rainey, Oscar De Priest, Adam Clayton Powell, Shirley Chisholm, Gus Hawkins, and Barbara Jordan. Individual profiles are introduced by contextual essays that explain major events in congressional and U.S. history. Illustrated with many portraits, photographs, and charts.

Contents:

Introduction

Former black members of Congress: "The Fifteenth Amendment in flesh and blood": The symbolic generation of black Americans in Congress, 1870-1887

"The Negroes' temporary farewell": Jim Crow and the exclusion of African Americans from Congress, 1887-1929

Keeping the faith: African Americans return to Congress, 1929-1970

Permanent interests: The expansion, organization, and rising influence of African Americans in Congress, 1971-2007.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on May 27, 2016).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

Other Format:

Print version: Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007

ISBN:

9780160869488

016086948X

OCLC:

276988724

Access Restriction:

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